Wilton House: The Art, Architecture
and Interiors of One of Britain’s Great
Stately Homes
By John Martin Robinson. 264 pp. incl. 216
col. ills. (Rizzoli Electa, New York, 2021), £52.
ISBN 978–0–8478–7007–3. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the painted decoration in the
cove of the Single Cube Room, Wilton House,
Wiltshire, showing the Pembroke wyvern
crest and earls’ coronet, by Edward Pearce.
c.1649–51. Oil on plaster. (Courtesy Wilton
House Trust; photograph Paul Barker).
Book Review
Inigo Jones. Complete Architectural Drawings [and: John Webb. Architectural theory and practice in the Seventeenth Century]
26. The Prospect of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich to the River Thames, by C. Campbell. From Vitruvius Britannicus, Vol. III [1725]. (1. The King Charles Building; 2. The Queen's House; 3. Proposed Site of the Grott & Ascent).
Attributed works:
27. Upper Half of Plan of Greenwich, by N. Hawksmoor. 1723. (Wilton House; Reproduced by Kind Permission of Lord Pembroke).
Attributed works:
28. Plan of Buildings in Greenwich Park, by J. Webb. 1665. Pen and Ink Wash, 45 by 59 cm. (R. I. B. A.).
Attributed works:
29. Detail from Elevation of Buildings in Greenwich Park, by J. Webb. 1665. Pen and Ink Wash, 42 by 58 cm. (R. I. B. A.). Elevation Drawn to Slightly Larger Scale Than the Plan.
Attributed works:
30. Exedra of the Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican, 1505. Illustration from Tutte l'Opere D'Architettura et Perspetiva. Bk III, pp.119v-120, Venice [1619].
Attributed works:
31. Plan of Design for the Villa Pisani, Bagnolo, by A. Palladio. Pen and Ink Wash, 38.3 by 25.3 cm. (R. I. B. A., XVI/7).
Attributed works:
Perspective of the 'Grott & Ascent', by John Webb, for Greenwich (Drawn by Robin Evans, 1980).
Figure 3.-Key to Section of Rutland House Stage (Fig. 2). A′: Backing to Proscenium. B′, C′ D′: The Side Scenes. E, 1, 2, 3, 4: The Back Shutters. G, 1, 2: The "Releive" Scenes". H: The Back Cloth. K, L, M, N: Upper Scenes.
Attributed works:
Figure 4.-Key to Plan of Rutland House Stage (Fig. 1 A, A′: Backing to Proscenium. B, B′; C, C′; D, D′: The Side Scenes. E, 1, 2, 3, 4: The Back Scenes, or Shutters. F, F′: Stops for the Back Shutters. G, 1, 2: The "Releive" Scenes. H, The Back Cloth. I, Entrance to Stage.
Attributed works:
Plate I. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (A) Proscenium and Side Scenes. (B) Act I, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
Attributed works:
Plate II. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (C) Act II, Scene I. (D) Act III, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
Attributed works:
Plate III. John Webb's Designs for D'Avenant's "Siege of Rhodes". (E) Act IV, Scene I. (F) Act V, Scene I. The Designs of the First Movable Scenery on the English Public Stage
Western art unattributed:
Figure 1.-Plan of the Stage at Rutland House
Western art unattributed:
Figure 2.-Section of the Stage at Rutland House (Fig. 1)